The effect of letter-stroke boldness on reading speed in central and peripheral vision

Vision Research

Volumn 84, Issue , 2013, Pages 33-42

  Bernard, Jean Baptiste ^a   Kumar, Girish ^a   Junge, Jasmine ^a   Chung, Susana T L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Peripheral vision; Reading; Stroke boldness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR RETINA FOVEA; LETTER; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; READING SPEED; RETINA FOVEA; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VELOCITY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; READING; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876308526     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: 18785646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2013.03.005     Document Type: Article

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